Stomping Grounds: Senior Seminar Highlights Show
Nicholas Verone
“It’s very difficult to have a clear perspective on your own work. It’s very hard to know yourself.”
I use my films as a means of expressing and assessing my thoughts and emotions. The songs I use to create always have a profound impact on me. So, I take the influence these songs have on me and reshape them into something, hoping to create a reflection of myself through it.
A part of this project has been trying to understand what purpose my art holds and why I have a need to create. Only songs that speak to the relationship between my work and myself were selected for this album. Every piece is intentional.
“Art is about capturing a moment and sharing it in a way an audience gets to experience in their own way.”
I’ve found that I created the best films through the motivation I receive from failure or negativity. I take the emotions of a situation, let them seep into what I’m working on, and give it color. So, my work is largely about capturing that raw emotion and leaving behind something for me to reflect on. Going back to my work after years gives me clarity for the future. They are testaments to what I’m capable of and allow me to achieve more.
“Meaning cannot be put into words. Often it’s a heightened sense of aliveness you feel in the presence of the work.”
My difficulty in defining this piece is what defines it. In my mind, my work just is. My creative process defines it rather than the experience of watching. Sitting in my bed, cutting, splicing, and generating a world on my canvas is what defines it. Everything that follows is merely a reaction.
“One of the things that can slow down the creative process, or completing a work, is the unrealistic search for perfection.” —Rick Rubin.